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Credit-availability saga is to no-one's credit
Banking & Finance
Head of Business Alun Thorne looks at how normal relations between banks and business still appear some way off.
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Ƶ economy shrinks worse than expected in second quarter of 2009
Banking & Finance
Hopes of a swift end to recession have been shaken after figures showed a far worse than expected 0.8 per cent decline in the economy between April and June.
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Birmingham law firm wins university contract after calming student protests
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A Birmingham-based team of lawyers have been taken on by Sussex University after helping them deal with student occupation over the war in Gaza.
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Bid to bring Ministry of Justice to Birmingham
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Birmingham Law Society has teamed up with the West Midlands Business Council in an attempt to entice a government project that could create up to 6,000 jobs in Birmingham.
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Account for your cash gifts - or face taxman, warns expert
Banking & Finance
Giving money away is not as straightforward as you might think, an expert has warned.
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Britons staring at a bleak future in pensions
Banking & Finance
The new Scottish Widows Ƶ Pensions Report offers a major assessment of pension savings behaviour – and worrying confirmation that many Britons are facing a bleak future when they reach retirement age.
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Mortgages on rise as banks show increased willingness to lend
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The number of mortgages approved for house purchase hit its highest level since March 2008 last month in a further sign that banks are becoming more willing to lend.
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BDO Stoy Hayward's Industry Watch forecasts 36,200 business failures in next year
Banking & Finance
Almost 100 businesses a day face going bust as a result of rising unemployment and falling disposable income, according to research from Midlands accountants.
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Can small investors make money out of wind farms?
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Can small investors really hope to make much money out of windfarms?
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MPC voted unanimously to hold back on help for economy
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This month’s surprise decision to hold back from more help for the economy was unanimously agreed by Bank of England rate-setters.
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Investors back Marston’s and GKN in £600m rights issue
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Pubs group Marston’s and engineering firm GKN have won strong support from investors for raising funds worth a total of £600 million.
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Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks to increase lending to SMEs and home-buyers
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The owner of the Clydesdale and Yorkshire banks has pledged a further £1 billion in new lending, despite a continued rise in charges for bad debts.
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Charles Bean plays around issue of Bank's quantitative easing
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Not that there were ever going to be any dramatic announcements: it’s never the way with these sorties out to the regions by the panjandrums of the City of London.
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Freeth Cartwright advises on £2m Energist hair removal acquisition
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Corporate finance specialists at Midlands law firm Freeth Cartwright have helped Energist, which manufactures hair removal and skin rejuvenation equipment, acquire part of rival CyDen in a deal which could be worth up to £2 million.
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Horwath Clark Whitehill named pension scheme accountants of the year
Banking & Finance
Horwath Clark Whitehill has won the title of Pension Scheme Accountants of the Year at the European Pensions Awards 2009.
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Shoosmiths planners advise on homeless hostel deal
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A team of lawyers at law firm Shoosmiths – including two from the planning team at the Colmore Row Birmingham office – has advised affordable housing organisation One Housing Group (OHG) on its purchase of a 104-year-old hostel for the homeless.
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Clement Keys to audit for silver screen charity First Light
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Accountants Clement Keys have taken on a contract to do the auditing for a Birmingham charity that helps young people get involved in the world of digital film and media.
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Pension contributions fall after three-month recovery
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Britain’s defined contribution (DC) pension assets fell last month after three consecutive months of gains, according to analysis by Aon Consulting.
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New generation of Cadbury's is on the way, claims Barclays Wealth
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The recession is creating a new generation of philanthropists in Birmingham, a report published by Barclays Wealth has said.
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First Birmingham students graduate from two-year A-Level law camp
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About 50 A-Level students from Birmingham and the wider Midlands area have become the first group to complete the new Pathways to Law programme.
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New tribunals threatened by HMRC 'call-centre culture'
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HM Customs & Revenue’s “call centre culture” could threaten the success of the new tribunal system, business advisers Horwath Clark Whitehill have claimed.
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ER Grove say 'you're hired' to first-ever apprentices
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Halesowen-based chartered accountants E R Grove & Co is helping two young trainees get their first step on the career ladder after taking them on as its first-ever apprentices.
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BPE says acquisitive AIM stratagy the key to corporate success
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The corporate team at BPE Solicitors said a strategy focused on highly-acquisitive AIM-listed companies has paid off even with the markets moribund.
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Hammonds team advises on environmental Fountains acquisitions
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A corporate team from Hammonds in Birmingham has advised the AIM-listed environmental management firm Fountains as it was taken over by the Connaught group.
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